Tips To Prevent Pipes Freezing in Cold Weather
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For those of you who have moved to a colder climate. Here are a few tips to keep your pipes from freezing.
1. Disconnect your hose from the outside hose faucet. Failing to do this and if the temperature stays below freezing for a long period of time your pipes will freeze inside the house. The hose bib can’t drain properly and then the pipes will freeze and burst. This can cause a very large problem, depending on the location of the pipes and the outside faucet.
2. Put a insulated cover over your outside faucet. These can be purchased at a hardware store or one of the big box stores.
3. If the temperature is below 0 degrees. leave one faucet to drip in the home all night. This will let the water flow and will help prevent a freeze up.
4. Insulate exposed pipes in a crawl space or unheated basement.
5. Insulate the holes where the pipes to the outside faucet exits the home.
6. Keep thermostats up when leaving the home vacant.
7. Drain your outside sprinkler system.
8. Open cabinet doors that have plumbing near an outside wall.
9. When leaving for a long period of time, shut off the main water supply. This is only for homes without fire protection sprinklers.
10. Use Heat Tape for pipes that run in attics or other unheated spaces.
